Please visit the CHaRM website for the full list of accepted materials, fees, current hours and more details.

A-Z Recycling Guide -- Stereo Equipment and Components

When considering recycling your electronics, it is always good practice to find out if the equipment is being recycled responsibly. The Basel Action Network provides a list of recyclers who have signed a pledge to provide environmentally and socially responsible electronics recycling. Eco-Cycle strongly encourages you to use recyclers from this list. Go to e-stewards.org/find-a-recycler to locate a recycler in your state. Ask the recycler if there is a drop-off center near you.

Walrus Sound

757 Ithaca St.
Boulder, CO 80303Phone: (303) 499-1848Accepted materials: Stereo, radio and test equipment. No other items, please. Call ahead between the hours of 3 and 6 p.m. on weekdays to schedule an appointment. Service provided: Restores and reconditions used audio equipment. Any scrap is brought to Eco-Cycle's CHaRM facility for recycling.

Generally, mail service centers accept STYROFOAM™ "peanuts" and bubble wrap for reuse. To locate a "peanut" reuser close to you, call the Plastic Loose Fill Council's Peanut Hotline at (800) 828-2214. There are no recycling options for white foam food packaging, but some day care centers need such items for art projects. Call first.

STYROFOAM™ should never be placed in curbside recycling or deposited at drop-off recycling centers.

Eco-Cycle CHaRM (Center for Hard-to-Recycle Materials)

6400 Arapahoe Rd. (co-located with ReSource)
Boulder, CO 80303Phone: (303) 444-6634Email: Website: ecocycle.org/charmAcceptedmaterials: #6 white block foam typically used to pack computers and other electronics. Also accepts clean, dry foam coolers, and bubble wrap for recycling with plastic bags. Must be clean and free of tape and shipping lables. Vehicles that come to CHaRM are charged a $3 facility use fee per visit in addition to any per-item fees.

Please visit the CHaRM webpage for the full list of accepted materials, fees, current hours and more details.

Service provided: All UPS stores take packing peanuts and bubble wrap. They take block foam packaging as needed.

Lumia Organic

2744 47th St.
Boulder, CO 80301Phone: (303) 440-1295; (888) 344-1295 (toll free)Website: www.lumia.us/Home_Page.htmlService provided: Makes organic wax candles and accepts packing peanuts and bubble wrap to be reused as packaging materials. Located on east side of 30th Street between Valmont and Pearl, south of Steelyards.

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RAFT Colorado (Resource Area for Teaching)

Address: 3827 Steele St., Unit C, Denver, CO 80205Phone: (720) 242-8833Website: www.raftcolorado.orgAccepted materials: items such as art supplies, corks, bottle caps, CD jewel cases, certain packing materials as well as other materials. Their needs for materials vary so you must call to confirm before dropping off materials. Visit their website or call RAFT for a more comprehensive list.